About the Author
Damir Kurtagic was an Academy Robert Bosch Fellow with the Africa Programme at Chatham House in 2018–19, where his research focused on how the private sector in Central and Eastern Europe can be used to further engagement with sub-Saharan Africa.
Damir has been active in the international development field throughout his professional career. Before joining Chatham House, he worked with the United Nations Development Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization headquarters in Vienna, on issues of regional and rural development, as well as private–private partnerships in development.
He also worked in Brussels for organized business groups at the European Economic and Social Committee, and on an EU Commission-funded development project.